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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/statistics.scm | 21 |
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm index f75950db8a..38bd649dd6 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm @@ -1643,3 +1643,24 @@ convenient and easy to use replacement for @code{cat} and @code{print} statements.") (license license:lgpl3+))) +(define-public r-snow + (package + (name "r-snow") + (version "0.4-1") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (cran-uri "snow" version)) + (sha256 + (base32 + "19r2yq8aqw99vwyx81p6ay4afsfqffal1wzvizk3dj882s2n4j8w")))) + (build-system r-build-system) + (home-page "http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/snow") + (synopsis "Support for simple parallel computing in R") + (description + "The snow package provides support for simple parallel computing on a +network of workstations using R. A master R process calls @code{makeCluster} +to start a cluster of worker processes; the master process then uses functions +such as @code{clusterCall} and @code{clusterApply} to execute R code on the +worker processes and collect and return the results on the master.") + (license (list license:gpl2+ license:gpl3+)))) + |